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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 How cnn excessive occupancy and pnrking be resolved? The rental licensing ordinance provides a better method to calculate occupnncy. The IPMC is a tool property managers can use (and have requested the city adopt) to stop tenants from overcrowding and deteriorating their rental units. It is also a tool the city can use to address the numerous compinints we receive from upset homeowners who call and complain of the disruptive affect rental single-family properties (which are typically overcrowded) have on their neighborhoods - a complaint which we are now powerless to address. Without the added element of rentnl licensing, the city hns no authority to enter rentnl properties and enforce these overcrowding provisions. Homeowners are then very frustrated in the City's inability to nct. To demonstrate this further: a potential buyer of rental property asked city staff how many people he could place in a single family rentnl home. When told the maximum was four, he stated the building would not generate a profit and therefore decided not to buy the property. This adds credibility to the common complaint that rental homes often contain more than four renters. The housing maintenance code could include stronger parking regulntions to reduce excessive parking within R1 zoned arens. If overcrowding is eliminated, many of the common complaints associated with overcrowding (parking on the grnss, blocking access, parking in front of other homes, outside storage) are therefore eliminated. 23 Would like to see stronger codes that are enforceable nnd should deal with 24 abnndoned swimming pools. Stnff will research ways to address this issue in 25 the housing maintennnce code. This is an example of how the more specific 26 provisions of the IPMC can help resolve issues. The IPMC prohibits the 27 accumulntion of stngnant water; our current code is simply vague on this 28 issue. With the IPMC in effect, we could address this compinint by requiring 29 the removal of the objectionable element - the stngnant water. With our 30 existing City Code the neighboring property owner (compinining of the 31 stagnant water on the rentnl property) was told there was nothing the City 32 could do. 33 34 Would new building codes be required for older buildings such as electrical & 35 smoke detectors? The IPMC requires nll properties (single-fnmily, rentals, 36 business) to be maintained in complionce with the building code in effect 37 when the property was built, it does not require properties be upgrnded to 38 new/existing codes. There nre a few exceptions (mainly life-safety 39 protections) thnt would npply to rental units only; smoke detectors (battery) 40 nnd exterior ground-fault outlets must be provided. Also, insect screens 2